Fritz Peters, Early LGBTQ Literary Icon, Coming to Screens and Bookshelves in New Rights Deal

Regina Hall surrounds herself with her co-stars at the premiere of her new movie, Master, held at Metrograph in New York City on Thursday night (March 10).

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer civil rights organization, said today it will not accept any funding from the Walt Disney Co. without a greater commitment to the LGBTQ+ agenda.

Hulu, with their new reality series “The Kardashians” premiering April 14. And according to the cover story in today’s issue of Variety, the streaming platform ponied up a rumored nine figures for the deal, after the clan parted ways with the E! Network in September 2020.“Well, money always matters,” matriarch Kris Jenner told Variety about the decision to jump networks.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorApple has snared rights to a Friday-night package of Major League Baseball games, extending Silicon Valley’s reach into the world of sports.The consumer-electronics manufacturer no doubt hopes an attractive passel of sports rights will bring new viewership to its Apple TV Plus streaming service, which vies for consumer attention and subscription dollars with Disney’s Disney Plus and Netflix, among others, and Apple’s deal only adds to pressures on leagues and media companies to include streaming rights in sports deals. Indeed, ESPN has over the past few years kept streaming rights paramount in its deal making, and the company’s Hulu already shows some live NHL games as part of a deal between the league and sister outlet ESPN.

Kim Kardashian has celebrated 'beauty icon' Gwen Stefani, praising her for the launch of her new make-up brand, GXVE.MORE: Gwen Stefani launches debut makeup brand GXVEKim shared a video posted by her "bestie" Allison Stratter - a brand strategist who worked on Gwen's campaign - which promoted the new products, and Kim was quick to praise the pair, commending Allison for "how hard" she worked on the campaign and Gwen for the launch, sharing how she "couldn't wait" to try it.WATCH: Gwen Stefani stuns as she unveils debut cosmetics lineGwen then shared the post and thanked the reality star, adding a series of kissing emojis.The 52-year-old singer made sure she looked the part for her big reveal, wowing in multiple head-turning outfits, including a netted dress that featured a daring thigh-split for a number of promotional videos.MORE: Gwen Stefani fans can't believe their eyes with stunning childhood photosMORE: Gwen Stefani shares glimpse of incredible party celebrating latest family milestonePosting a video on Instagram of herself modeling the collection, Gwen was her own best advertisement as she wowed with her signature bold red lip and winged eyeliner."Before the music, it was makeup. Bold color.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas is resigning as artistic director of the New World Symphony after 34 seasons with the orchestra, wanting to lessen administrative responsibilities as he deals with a brain tumor.The 77-year-old had surgery last August for the tumor. He has conducted 20 concerts since then with the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the San Francisco Symphony.“Making music with these great artists and for so many friends in the audience felt like coming home, like coming back to life.

Snoop Dogg has completed a deal to buy the recordings catalogue of Death Row Records. This comes shortly after the rapper acquired the label’s brand rights earlier this month.The deal sees Snoop Dogg take control of his first two albums, 1993’s ‘Doggystyle’ and 1996’s ‘The Doggfather’ – Death Row’s biggest sellers.

New Gallup polling data shows 7.1 percent of the U.S. population identifies as LGBTQ – up from 5.6 percent in 2020. The new data, released yesterday, further reveals the enormous gap in LGBTQ elected representation in the U.S., where just 0.2 percent of elected positions are held by LGBTQ people.

3 min read With fears of a full-on Russian invasion of Ukraine growing every day, Oksana Solonska from KyivPride speaks with Matt Fistonich about what it’s like being LGBTQ+ in Ukraine, what effects a Russian takeover could have, and how Kiwis can help queer Ukrainians amid this geopolitical crisis.

Jesse Williams is looking back at a pivotal point in his career.

New York Daily News. Salgado has long espoused anti-LGBTQ views, including criticizing “mortal sins” like abortion and homosexuality, during a 2013 run for mayor.

Like Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and India Arie, Ava DuVernay’s Array is no longer doing business with Spotify.

Like Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and India Arie, Ava DuVernay’s Array is no longer doing business with Spotify.

which they bought from Eddie Murphy in two separate transactions for a $12.1 million sum nearly a decade ago — was last asking $9.9 million. We hear it is in contract for even less. Keys and Dean first paid Murphy $10.42 million for his 32-room mansion at 191 Brayton St.

Girl In Red has signed a new record deal with Columbia Records.The Norwegian artist, real name Marie Ulven, previously released music through a worldwide recordings deal with AWAL (Artists Without A Label), a company which offers independent musicians an alternative to working with a traditional record label.Following the success of her April 2021 debut album ‘If I Could Make It Go Quiet’, Ulven has now signed to Columbia for her future releases.The label confirmed the news to Variety yesterday (February 15), though neither Columbia or Girl In Red have officially announced the signing at the time of writing.Speaking to NME at Reading Festival back in August, Ulven confirmed that she was working on new Girl In Red material.“I’m already working on new stuff, I’m really excited to see what’s going to happen,” she said, before reiterating that she isn’t interested in releasing singles at the moment.“I still don’t think singles are that interesting. I honestly don’t even know at this point,” Ulven continued.

Jennifer Garner and Ryan Reynolds are stepping out to promote their new Netflix movie!

Addie Morfoot ContributorBack in the mid-1980’s, Oliver Stone met with famed financier Carl Icahn about a movie he was writing called “Wall Street.” The meeting provided the director with much of the inspiration for the film’s villain Gordon Gekko. Stone speaks about the meeting in HBO’s documentary “Icahn: The Restless Billionaire,” debuting on Feb.

Covid-19 vaccine mandates, were initially bombarded with Barry Manilow's greatest hits - plus the 1990s dance tune Macarena in a bid to send them home. But then the singer, who had a huge hit with You're Beautiful in 2004, stepped in.